. Vanishing England . \\ y T-rr m ^ MS c1) > o o 4> u. CD o a CO cc u en -O X •a O 62 VANISHING ENGLAND days when it was a member of the Cinque Ports, a richand prosperous town that sent forth its ships to fight thenaval battles of England and win honour for Rye andSt. George. During the French wars English vesselsoften visited French ports and towns along the coast andburned and pillaged them. The French sailors retaliatedwith equal zest, and many of our southern towns havesuffered from fire and sword during those adventurousdays. Rye was strongly fortified by a wall with gates andtower
. Vanishing England . \\ y T-rr m ^ MS c1) > o o 4> u. CD o a CO cc u en -O X •a O 62 VANISHING ENGLAND days when it was a member of the Cinque Ports, a richand prosperous town that sent forth its ships to fight thenaval battles of England and win honour for Rye andSt. George. During the French wars English vesselsoften visited French ports and towns along the coast andburned and pillaged them. The French sailors retaliatedwith equal zest, and many of our southern towns havesuffered from fire and sword during those adventurousdays. Rye was strongly fortified by a wall with gates andtowers and a fosse, but the defences suffered grievouslyfrom the attacks of the French, and the folk of Ryewere obliged to send a moving petition to King Richard II,praying him to have consideration of the poor townof Rye, inasmuch as it had been several times taken, andis unable further to repair the walls, wherefore thetown is, on the sea-side, open to enemies. I am afraidthat the King did not at once grant their petit
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